Justice cannot be achieved. Take the case of Michael Brown versus Officer Wilson. If Wilson isn't charged, there is a sizable contingency that will know that justice was not served. If Officer Wilson was charged, there is a sizable contingency that will know that justice was not served.

The best you can hope for is a system of laws where everyone is equal before the law. Yes, I know, this is also a pipe dream. But it is the best you can hope for. So, in absence of a justice system -- you can have a system of laws. You don't need to have anarchy.

Pro tip: If you're getting two pairs of glasses with different prescriptions, get different frames.

Before writing the prescription he agreed with me. What makes him an absolute evil bastard was that he lied and gave me what he wanted versus what he said he was going to do. I don't object to a professional saying I think you're wrong and here's why and not giving in. I object to an faux-professional saying Yes, I see your point. We'll do it your way and then doing whatever the hell he wants.

I'm near sighted. I just had to take the glasses off to read it.

This.

The second to the last optometrist that I went to insisted that I get trifocals. I insisted that I wanted a single focal point with the focal point set for the computer monitor. He huffed and puffed and finally gave me a single prescription -- with a focal point about 20 feet away. The bastard. He knew what I wanted and decided to screw me over so that I would have to come back. I didn't; I went elsewhere.

I must admit that I read his obituary with great glee.

You have a false premise. There are lots of laws that I disagree with -- even the current length of copyright -- but I don't go around breaking every law I disagree with just because I disagree with it. If everyone did that, it would be anarchy, not to mention, why have laws in the first place (since you're going to do whatever you damn will want anyway).

Noah has it right. Work within the system to change the law. Boycott the products that benefit the opposition. But deciding that you're both the legislative and executive branch and breaking the law is not only not legal, it is not the right approach.

By the way, your seriously deluding yourself if you think we've ever had a system of justice. We have a system of laws (such as it is). Justice is a mythical creature that only exists in theory. One person's justice is another person's injustice.

I was under the impression that productivity was king at a startup.

The closest I've been to an open office was a four person cube with a round table in the center. All four were working on the same project and it was the most productive environment I've been in. If you had a question, you could roll your chair back to the table, have an impromptu meeting and get right back to work.

The only problem we had were the lookie-loos that decided they could just walk into our cube and start a conversation.

Actually, no. There is no law that a corporation needs to maximize profits for their shareholders. Take Tim Cook's statements regarding Apple trying to be green when a shareholder insisted that wouldn't maximize profit.

I'm confused. It seems like you're supporting his argument versus opposing it. It seems like you're saying the local politicians try something. People revolt. The locals politicians get the EU to shove it down the people's throats and all is good. Isn't the EU shoving it down the people's throats what the person was arguing?

You're right. I guess I wasn't enough of a racist to look at her skin and realize I need to treat black women differently from white people. Thanks for the education.

Painful having the shoe on the other foot. Isn't it?

I was responding to someone else having to walk on eggshells -- so it was still on topic.

So, someone writes a blog about some (possible ficiticious [sic]) people are morons and that's supposed to create a sound argument?

My younger sister was a welfare crack whore. Perhaps it is you that needs to check your preconceived notions at the door...

Our group brought a white woman (race only matters based on what comes later), let's call her Joan. Joan had a closed door office downstairs from the group. Once she joined the group, we had her move into cube-land with the rest of us.

Enter Joan's friend, let's call her Kelly. Kelly happens to be black. One day Joan, Kelly, and I were having lunch in the break room. Kelly asked Joan why she moved out of her nice, closed-door office into cube-land. Here's where I step in it. I replied "We wanted to integrate Joan into the group." Kelly goes absolutely berserk on me. "What do you mean integrate?!? I'm integrated!!"

I'm still trying to figure out what my comment about Joan -- white Joan -- had anything to do with Kelly. Yes, I walked on egg shells around Kelly from then on.